Abstract: Methods for providing users with information in audible form are provided. One such method comprises receiving information corresponding to grammar fragments, the grammar fragments being received from multiple sources, accessing information corresponding to a menu format, and modifying the information corresponding to the grammar fragments to conform to the menu format such that a menu containing information corresponding to the grammar fragments is produced. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.

Abstract: Methods for providing users with information in audible form are provided. One such method comprises determining content sources from which information is to be retrieved for responding to a request from a user, retrieving grammar fragments corresponding to the content sources determined, providing a menu format including information for providing the grammar fragments to the user in audible form, and aggregating the grammar fragments retrieved such that the grammar fragments can be provided to the user in audible form in conformance with the menu format. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.

Abstract: A method for markup language document compression comprises defining a schema that specifies the structure of the markup-language conforming document and defining in the schema the types of elements and attributes that comprise the conforming document. The method further comprises assigning names in the schema for each of the elements and attributes of the document, defining relationships between the elements and between the attributes and the elements. The method further comprises assigning a token in the schema representing each element name and each attribute name of the document, and replacing each element name and each attribute name in the document with the assigned token.

Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment disclosed herein, a method of providing appearance properties information for a web application is provided. The method comprises creating a Tag having attributes that describe the appearance properties information. The method further comprises creating corresponding computer code that implements the appearance properties attributes in the web application. The method further comprises containing a description of the Tag with related attributes and corresponding computer code in a Tag Library (TagLib). The method further comprises inserting the Tag into the web application. The method further comprises, when the inserted Tag is encountered in the web application, then accessing the description of the Tag with related attributes and corresponding computer code in the TagLib and implementing the accessed appearance properties attributes in the web application by executing the corresponding computer code in place of the Tag.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment disclosed herein, a method for Remote Procedure Call (RPC) type Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) service access for dynamic web content is provided. The method comprises providing a SOAP RPC Tag Library (TagLib) Tag in a web server page and executing the web server page. The method further comprises creating a SOAP RPC document and sending the SOAP RPC document to an application server. The method further comprises processing the SOAP RPC document, and returning the result of such processing to the Tag.

Abstract: In a distributed information processing and storage system, a method of transformation of a web site summary from Resource Description Framework Site Summary (RSS) format to a transformed format is provided. The method comprises defining a stylesheet, identifying the URL of the web site, and defining initial and transformed formats for the web site summary. The method further comprises inserting the defined stylesheet, initial and transformed formats, and URL in a web page, and executing the transformation when the inserted stylesheet, initial and transformed formats, and URL are encountered in the web page.

Abstract: A website test system includes an interface and a test engine. The interface receives a test specification encoded in an extensible markup language. The interface forwards the test specification to the test engine, which receives the test specification, identifies a source code of interest, establishes a communication session with a server hosting the source code of interest, and evaluates the source code in accordance with the test specification.

Abstract: A cache management system comprises a cache adapted store data corresponding to a data source. The cache management system also comprises a cache manager adapted to access a set of rules to determine a frequency for automatically updating the data in the cache. The cache manager is also adapted to automatically communicate with the data source to update the data in the cache corresponding to the determined frequency.

Abstract: Methods for providing users with information in audible form are provided. One such method comprises receiving information corresponding to grammar fragments, the grammar fragments being received from multiple sources, accessing information corresponding to a menu format, and modifying the information corresponding to the grammar fragments to conform to the menu format such that a menu containing information corresponding to the grammar fragments is produced. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.

Abstract: Methods for providing users with information in audible form are provided. One such method comprises determining content sources from which information is to be retrieved for responding to a request from a user, retrieving grammar fragments corresponding to the content sources determined, providing a menu format including information for providing the grammar fragments to the user in audible form, and aggregating the grammar fragments retrieved such that the grammar fragments can be provided to the user in audible form in conformance with the menu format. Systems and computer-readable media are also provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for enabling failover are provided. An embodiment of a method for enabling failover comprises determining that an attempt to communicate with a first object having a first address has failed, the first object being a part of a first application hosted by a first application-server, requesting a backup address associated with a duplicate application that is substantially a copy of the first application, the duplicate application comprising a duplicate object that is substantially a copy of the first object, receiving the backup address, and using a portion of the first address and a portion of the backup address to construct a failover address for the duplicate object.